Since december 2021. But are you feeling any impact at the checkout as the Prime Minister faces a tory revolt over his plans to criminalise homelessness, will be debating whether it should be a crime to sleep rough and in the sport this morning. Ipswich are top of the championship after a last second goal against southampton. Five goal against southampton. Five premier league games tonight and guess what. 7 more flag problems for british sport shirts this time its the olympics. Time its the olympics. Hello. Its a mixed start to the day. Will it improve as the day goes on. 7 showers in the forecast but also some sunshine. Find out all the weather details coming up. Soon. Coming up. Soon. So good morning to you. A busy news morning. This morning. The Prime Minister has backed the authorj. K. Rowling , as she the authorj. K. Rowling, as she takes a stand against scotlands new hate crime and public order act, which comes into force today. Yes. The harry potter author, who lives in scotland
Labours Jonathan Ashworth joins us too. And with you and me for the whole show, nadhim zahawi, former Cabinet Minister who announced this week hes leaving parliament at the election. Tina brown journalism royalty, who knows a lot about royalty herself the former editor of vanity fair, tatler, and author, now shes on the front line in the battle for the truth. And mp for coventry south, zarah sultana, one of the leading mps on the left, who has more followers on tiktok than any other mp at nearly 500,000. Welcome to you all. Thank you for being here today. Its the baftas tonight. The actor dominic west, whos hoping for a gong, joins us to talk about playing the king and the role he really craves. A bond villain would be good. A bond villain . Yeah. Not bond himself . Im a bit long in the tooth, i think. Really, are you sure . Oh, well. Youre very kind. Dont you fancy it . I think even roger moore was younger than me and away from the protests at eurovision, were Behind The Scenes Withjo
And with that, Kevin Mccarthys nine month term as speaker was over. The final straw his decision to do a deal with democrats to keep the government open. He didnt hesitate to point the finger of blame at the eight republicans who ousted him, led by matt gaetz, his nemesis. Look, you all know matt gaetz. You know, it was personal. It had nothing to do about spending. The unprecedented removal of the speaker has Left Congress in chaos. So much so, theyve decided to take a week off while they work out what to do next. One rebel, though, was unrepentant. This was the right call. The American People deserve a leader and a speaker who will tell the truth, and so too does the international community. They need to know that the next speaker is going to be honest and wont go back on their word. With republicans focusing firmly on themselves, the question of funding for ukraine, which congress controls, remains undecided. It does worry me. But i know there are a majority of members of the house
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Road and bus projects in the north, the midlands and across the country. The speech was widely seen as an opportunity for the Prime Minister To Revitalise his party ahead of a general election expected next year. Political editor chris mason reports. Manchester this lunchtime, and the Prime Ministers warm up act his wife. Rishi and i are each others best friends, and i could not imagine being anywhere else to show my support to him. Rishi sunak began by thanking her, his daughters, his parents as he drew a link between himself and margaret thatcher. This conservative party, the party of the grocer s daughter and the pharmacist s son, will always be the party of enterprise, the party of small business. He said hes taken a look at how Government Works since he became Prime Minister, and not liked what hes seen. It isnt anger, its an exhaustion with politics. Weve had 30 years of a political system which incentivises the easy decision, not the right one. As for taxes, they will come down,